By ROPPEI TSUDA/ Staff Writer
November 15, 2021 at 19:03 JST
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, right, attends a gathering organized by families and supporters of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea in Tokyo on Nov. 13. Shigeo Iizuka, who heads the group of families whose relatives were abducted, gives a speech. (Ryuichi Kitano)
Sakie Yokota, whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korea when she was a teen, expressed agony over having spent more than 40 years pleading with the government to work for her return to no avail. [Read More]
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